Parotid gland tuberculosis

This report describes parotid gland tuberculosis in a 38-year-old female patient that presented with a firm, painless, progressively increasing swelling over the right preauricular region. Diagnostic workup including contrast enhanced computerized tomography neck and subsequent fine needle aspiratio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of mycobacteriology 2017-07, Vol.6 (3), p.318-320
Hauptverfasser:	Dixit, Ramakant, Gokhroo, Archana, Verma, Satyadeep, Panjabi, Mukesh
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Biopsy, Fine-Needle Cytology Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Neck - diagnostic imaging Parotid Gland - diagnostic imaging Parotid Gland - microbiology Parotid Gland - pathology parotid swelling Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Oral - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Oral - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	This report describes parotid gland tuberculosis in a 38-year-old female patient that presented with a firm, painless, progressively increasing swelling over the right preauricular region. Diagnostic workup including contrast enhanced computerized tomography neck and subsequent fine needle aspiration cytology of the swelling made the final diagnosis. The patient responded favorably with anti-tubercular therapy.
ISSN:	2212-5531 2212-554X
DOI:	10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_86_17